The Ministry of Communication initiated the national Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) project in 2013 in collaboration with the ITU-IMPACT. The national CERT was established in August 2014 is fully operational handling incidents and sending out early warning to its constituents. The National Security Council and many other institutions such as Ghanaian Academic and Research Network (GARNET) in academia are working on different projects towards securing cyberspace. The SIM registration by NCA is another initiative to mitigate cyber crimes committed using mobile phones. The Ghana Police Service has also put in place the cybercrime Unit to alleviate cyber and other related crimes. The Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO) under the Attorney General’s Department and Financial Intelligence Center for the financial sector are all government initiatives geared towards mitigating crime in general and computer crime in particular. On the business side, the opening of an e-Crime Bureau in Ghana has greatly helped organizations investigate cyber crime thoroughly and improve protection of cyber space. In spite all these initiatives, the fact still remains that there is a general lack of education on cyber security amongst the consuming public of ICT products and services which needs to be addressed. II. NEED FOR POLICY As Ghana strives to become an information and knowledge economy, there is an increased emphasis on informational activities and the information industry. Businesses will compete on information and computer systems will work efficiently on the right 15 | P a g e National Cyber Security Policy & Strategy